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Former names
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Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Section B), Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, Proceedings-Experimental Biology |
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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J. Biosci. |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | D. P. Kasbekar |
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Indian Academy of Sciences (India)
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Publication history
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1934-present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| ISSN | 0250-5991 (print) 0973-7138 (web) |
| LCCN | 2003209618 |
| CODEN | JOBSDN |
| OCLC no. | 05871960 |
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The Journal of Biosciences is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences. The current editor-in-chief is D. P. Kasbekar. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.939.[1]
History[edit]
The Journal of Biosciences was established in 1934 as the Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Section B). In 1978, the Proceedings were split into three sections: Proceedings-Animal Sciences, Proceedings-Plant Sciences, and Proceedings-Experimental Biology. The latter section was renamed Journal of Biosciences in 1979, and in 1991 it was merged again with the other two sections.[2]
Abstracting and indexing[edit]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:[2]
- Abstracts in Anthropology
- Academic OneFile
- Academic Search
- Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews
- CAB Abstracts
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Current Contents/ Life Sciences
- EBSCO databases
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- EMBASE
- Geobase
- Global Health
- Health Reference Center Academic
- Indian Science Abstracts
- IndMed
- INIS Atomindex
- International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
- MEDLINE/PubMed
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
- The Zoological Record
References[edit]
- ^ "Journal of Biosciences". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.) (Thomson Reuters). 2014.
- ^ a b "About this journal". Journal of Biosciences. Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 2011-10-20.